WESTERN MAORI SEAT
\ABOUR PARTY NOMINATIONS V 0,.. Considerable interest is being taken by Taranaki Maoris in the selection of the Labour Party's candidate to contest the Western Maori by-election. Though 14 names were originally submitted by the Maori Labour committees throughout the electorate, it is understood that the number of aspirants for the candidature has now been redneed to three. Messrs. Matiu Katana, of Wanganui, who is the youngest son of the founder of the Katana movement and a brother of the late Mr. W. T. Katana. M.P.. Captain Werohia, of Tauranga. who is Maori liaison officer for the Waikato, and served with the Maori Battalion, and Mr. Hekeruti Whakarake, of Wanganui. No indication is available as to whom the National Party will nominate for the by-election. h”t it is considered certain that the Opposition will have a candidate in the field. Another Press Association message states that Mr. Reha Kau Hou. of To Aroha. is being nominated as a candidate for the Western Maori seat, as an Independent.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 5 January 1945, Page 3
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170WESTERN MAORI SEAT Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 5 January 1945, Page 3
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